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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

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[–] 262 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I discovered Lemmy last week. Lurked for a while, then finally created an account. The experience is much better than Reddit so I say good riddance.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Some tips:

    • We do have some trolls, we're getting more popular. If you feel like someone is picking on you, those are them.
    • Active is the default, but can seem less active because the active posts stay up longer. I made my default Hot, but then I check Active and Top 6 Hours.
    • You're probably going to go through a withdrawel. It varies by person, but mine took about a week or two.

    Welcome.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Did the switch as well and feel the same. Welcome and Cheers!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Welcome ‘ere Bucky!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Thanks and Cheers!

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  • [–] 26 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Le narwhal eats bacon at midnight! An updoot for you, good sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar. That’s a heckin cute pupperino, too precious do not deserve!

    EDIT: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!

    To make you feel as if you never left

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Skill issue

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    I see similar comments every now and then. What exactly is missing here for you? There’s a community for almost anything except some niche topics

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Niche topics was all I ever used Reddit for, so in my case, Lemmy just doesn’t replace Reddit at all. None of the subreddits I follow have an active equivalent Lemmy community. They go from a few posts a day and dozens of comments on Reddit to “last post: 3 years ago” on Lemmy.

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